Compasso d'Oro
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Compasso d'Oro is the name of an industrial design award originated in Italy in 1954 by the La Rinascente company from an original idea of Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli. From 1964 it has been hosted exclusively by Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI). It is the first and most recognized award in its field. The prize aims to acknowledge and promote quality in the field of industrial designs Made in Italy and is awarded by ADI.
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[edit] History
The Castiglioni brothers contributed to stablish the ADI and the Compasso d’Oro awards. Enzo Mari was president of the ADI from 1976 to 1979. It was the first award of its kind in Europe and soon took on an international dimension and relevance, multiplying the occasions on which the exhibitions of award-winning objects were held in Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan.
[edit] List of Compasso d'Oro Awards
| Year | Jury | Entries | ADI president | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1954 | Aldo Bassetti, Cesare Brustio, Gio Ponti, Alberto Rosselli, Marco Zanuso | 5700 | 15 | |
| 2nd | 1955 | Aldo Bassetti, Cesare Brustio, E. N. Rogers, Alberto Rosselli, Marco Zanuso | 1300 | 12 | |
| 3rd | 1956 | Aldo Bassetti, Cesare Brustio, Franco Albini, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Alberto Rosselli | 1450 | Alberto Rosselli (Birth of the ADI) | 9 |
| 4th | 1957 | Aldo Bassetti, Cesare Brustio, Franco Albini, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Ignacio Gardella | 1200 | Giulio Castelli | 5 |
| 5th | 1959 | Bruno Alfieri, Vico Magistretti, Giulio Minoletti, Augusto Morello, Giovanni Romano | 1200 | Livio Castiglioni | 6 |
| 6th | 1960 | Ludovico Belgiojoso, Vico Magistretti, Augusto Magnaghi, Augusto Morello, Marco Zanuso | 800 | Franco Albini | 10 |
| 7th | 1962 | Giulio Castelli, Franco Momigliano, Augusto Morello, Bruno Munari, Gian Battista Pininfarina | Roberto Olivetti | 9 | |
| 8th | 1964 | Dante Giacosa, Vittorio Gregotti, Augusto Morello, Bruno Munari,Gino Valle | Aldo Basetti | 6 | |
| 9th | 1967 | Aldo Blasetti, Felice Dessi, Gillo Dorfles, Tomas Maldonado, Edoardo Vittoria | Marco Zanuso | 13 | |
| 10th | 1970 | Franco Albini, Jean Baudrillard, Achile Castiglioni, Federico Correa, Vittorio Gregotti, Roberto Guiducci, Albe Steiner | Anna Castelli Ferrieri | 10 | |
| 11th | 1979 | Angelo Cortesi, Gillo Dorfles, Augusto Morello, Arthur Pulos, Yuri Soloviev | 1167 | Enzo Mari | 39 |
| 12th | 1981 | François Barrè, Cesare De Seta, Martin Kelm, Ugo La Pietra, Pierluigi Spadolini | Rodolfo Bonetto | 16 | |
| 13th | 1984 | Cini Boeri, Douglas Kelley, Antti Nurmesniemi, Giotto Stoppino, Bruno Zevi | Giotto Stoppino | 11 | |
| 14th | 1987 | Angelo Cortesi, Rodolfo Bonetto, Marino Marini, Cara Mc Carty, Philippe Starck | Angelo Cortesi | 16 | |
| 15th | 1989 | Pierlugi Molinari, Fredrik Wildhagen, Hans Wichmann, Cesare Stevan, Tomas Maldonado | Pierlugi Molinari | 12 | |
| 16th | 1991 | Silvio Ceccato, Marcello Inghilesi, Victor Margolin, Pierlugi Molinari, Antti Nurmesniemi | Angelo Cortesi | 14 | |
| 17th | 1994 | Dante Giacosa, Vittoriano Viganò, Giovanni Anceschi, Paola Antonelli, Uta Brandes, Jacob Gantenbein, Marja Heemskerk, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Marco Migliari, Gianemiglio Monti, Mario Trimarchi | Augusto Morello | 13 | |
| 18th | 1998 | Achile Castiglioni, Giuseppe De Rita, Marianne Frandsen, Fritz Frenkler, Sadik Karamustafa, Tomas Maldonado, Marco Zanuso | Augusto Morello | 15 | |
| 19th | 2001 | Marie-Laure Jousset, Filippo Alison, François Burkhardt, Omar Calabrese, Francisco Jarauta, Maurizio Morgantini, Erik Spiekermann | Giancarlo Iliprandi | 13 | |
| 20th | 2004 | Tomas Maldonado, Fulya Erdemci, Robert Fitzpatrick, Yutaka Mino, Pietro Petraroia, Richard Sapper, Angela Schönberger, Tomàš Vlček | Carlo Forcolini | 16 |
[edit] Designers who have won a Compasso d'Oro prize
| Designer | Nationality | Years | Producer | Object |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Munari | Italy | 1954 1955 1979 | Robots, Zani & Zani, Pigoma | Zizi, Abitacolo, Ice bucket "TMT" |
| Emilio Ambasz | Argentina | 1991 | Qualis Chairs | |
| Mario Bellini | Italy | 1962 1964 1970 1979 2001 | Olivetti | Divisumma 18 |
| Philippe Starck | France | 2001 | Kartell | |
| Joe Cesare Colombo | Italy | 1967 1970 | Kartell | |
| Marco Zanuso | Italy | 1979 | Vortice, Italy | Ariante Fan |
| Gino Colombini | Italy | 1955 | Kartell | Trashcan |
| Michele De Lucchi | Italy | Kartell | ||
| Konstantin Grcic | Germany | 2001 | Flos | Mayday Lamp |
[edit] Trivia
The award is given as a Compass, the one invented by Adalbert Goeringer in 1893 to measure the Golden Section.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ADI homepage The official web page of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (Italian).
- Dolvevita A web page dedicated to lifestyle. Contains an online design museum.
- San Pellegrino Article about the origin of the Compasso d'Oro prize.
- Fiell, Charlotte & Peter (2001). Industrial Design A-Z. London: Taschen.
